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I’ve done it! I’ve finally done it! I had an idea and I actually freaking executed it! It’s come to fruition. So if you’re a dork, geek, gamer or maybe somebody hiding something more personal and for some reason, you don’t want to share it. You might like what I have to say. Continue reading →

Why are gamers so rude? I don’t get it, i really don’t. I’ve been a a gamer most of my life, and I’ve had different types of people enter this fantastic digital world with me that were into gaming, I.T. and a whole bunch of other stuff. I had black, colored, Indian, Portuguese, white, half Italian friends and i never treated any of them differently. They were all gamers and on that nugget of wisdom I treat gamers and non-gamers the same because there’s no reason to be a dick about a persons preference in gaming or lack of gaming.

If you guys remember, back in the day it was the dominate thought that gamers were fat. living in their mothers basement’s, eating chocolate bars like a bad Eric Cartman. If you mentioned gaming you were already deemed a nerd and a dork and would remain a social outcast until you did something exceptionally cool to prove your worth. Which i still believe is a bull shit tradition.

As the times have changed it’s more popular to be a gamer now more so than ever. Over the weekend i read an article at Theryanblog in which they were questioning whether achievements and trophies ruined the single player experience and perhaps even tarnish a game depending on the content. There was a pro’s list and a con’s list and one of the cons stood out. Maybe I’m ignorant and naive but i never knew that gamers judged other gamers based on their trophy level. Some gamers won’t even talk to you if you’re level is lower than theirs. After posting a few comments at the article below i decided to do some testing of my own.

I game mostly on PS3, so today i thought i would log into PSN, visit a few places, maybe meet some people online and get their opinions on the matter. By the way, I’m level 12 on PSN. It’s sad to say that most of the people I met today are dicks. I kid you not, I met so many people today all of them with a level that’s between the end teens to beginning twenties. When i sent them a message or entered one of their chat sessions one of three things would happen. They would either completely ignore me or say directly “we only deal with gamers” and my personal favorite “PM me when you’ve leveled up”. This is sometimes even before I’ve introduced myself. They don’t know if I’m a guy, girl, black, white, three-eyed, two brained, seven-limbed, hermaphrodite living in Rome. These arrogant sons of bitches won’t even acknowledge your existence until you meet there virtual expectations. That really saddens and annoys me for my own personal reasons that I will get to later on in this article. It turns out that Trophies/Achievements can ruin some good gaming fun and social networking if you allow it. But this little example isn’t the end of my story. If they were quick to judge a person they knew nothing about, I wondered what would happen if i had to say i was a girl gamer.

So i created a new account on PSN, logged into the account and obviously i had fuck all trophies. I setup my girl avatar and once i was back online i proceeded to speak to completely random people. Now it didn’t seem to make a difference what my trophy count was, people were speaking to me. But not about gaming. The first thing i got asked was “Are you hot?” Seriously? What virtual hell have i stumbled into now? Every time i brought up gaming though the conversation would change back to a more demeaning nature and gaming would not be part of it.

So now I’m thinking we as gamers judge other gamers based on a number next to our gamer tag and if you’re a girl gamer you either need to be a flirt to enjoy some company or need to kick ass in a multi-player match in order to prove yourself. Both of these objectives are bull shit. I don’t understand why woman have to prove themselves to men. That’s right i said it, you women shouldn’t have to prove anything and I have only one reason to validate my opinion. Childbirth, after the birth of my daughter i have seen the ugly side of being a woman and the pain that you guys have to go through and as men we never will never experience that kind of pain and that makes you a hell of a lot stronger.

This whole setup stinks and it honestly saddens me knowing that there are gamers out there who are not in it for the games. They’d rather just trophy hunt which is OK but it’s not OK to not be polite to someone just because their trophy level is sitting on a lower number than yours. I feel sorry for girl gamers and I am appalled by our gaming community in the way that you guys are treated. I read IGN a lot and one of their bloggers is under the community spotlight which is a great way to get recognition there. She’s a gamer and a very pretty one. One of the first comments on that article “the reason she’s under the community spotlight is because she has big boobs.” I want to stick my head in the sand and let the world fade away. I hate reading things like that. It just fucking bugs the hell out of me.

Let me tell you why i game before i finish this article. I was a social outcast when i was younger. I’m short, not very talented, and I had a bit of a confidence issue. I was also getting picked on at school because i did what i needed to do. Gaming was an outlet for me to DE-stress and relax. I only had a handful of gaming buddies at the time that would come play Ice Climber and Battle City with me. If i didn’t have gaming i would’ve been one of those kids that shot up their schools and I’m very honest about that. There were plenty of times where I even considered suicide. Gaming saved my life. I’m not trying to be dramatic but this is the fact of the matter.

The gaming community should not judge other gamers based on genitalia, sexual preference, age, trophy count, color, race and anything that separates us in the real world. We should be tolerant, polite, kind and helping. What was proven today is that some gamers are no better than the people who had outcast us back in the day and you give us a bad name. We were a family at one point. We all stuck together. Now we have factions and battle of the sexes. We don’t know what kind of impact we may have on a persons life when random encounters throw us together so its up to us to be responsible. You guys being dicks might be the catalyst to some poor kid killing himself when we could’ve helped him all along. It is our responsibility to help each other. As gamers we should be united. From all walks of gaming life, we are all gamers and we should treat each other as such.

Harley Quinn’s Revenge was the last DLC pack to be released for Batman: Arkham City and expands on the story following the events of the single player campaign. In order to complete Batman: Arkham City to 100% i had to finish this DLC as well.

On the home stretch baby….

The trophies in this DLC are no where near as hard as one might expect. I was able to obtain everything within an hour and a half of starting this DLC. There are three silver trophies and seven bronze to collect.

Story Mode Trophies: These are trophies that you will get just for simply playing the game and completing objectives so no real thought is necessary for this list.

OK, now we get to the nitty gritty of it all. The rest of the trophies are this. I will list them out and underneath each one i will tell you what I did in order to obtain these.

Frequent Flyer: Zip Kick five different thugs (Bronze) (as Robin)

This is not hard at all. I read so many other guides after I got this trophy and people were giving tips that the best place to do this is at a certain part in a stage. I’m here to say bull shit. You don’t have to do that. When you start to play as Robin Just Zip Kick every enemy you see except not the armored ones and this trophy will unlock eventually. I got this within fifteen minutes of playing. So not difficult.

Again, not hard at all. I used exactly the same strategy as i used for Frequent Flyer. After i received the Frequent Flyer trophy, i then proceeded to Shield Bash every enemy I could except for the armored ones. It’s as easy as that.

Snap to it: Snap Flash an unarmed thug, an armed thug, an environmental object and a Titan (Bronze) (as Robin)

As the description states you need to snap flash the different types of enemies listed above in order to unlock this trophy. Exceptionally easy. You don’t have to have a combo built up or anything. The environmental object sounds confusing but it really isn’t . There is a part where you have to take out a sniper. At this section of the game there are bunch of hooks on a belt that are moving behind that sniper. Place a snap flash on one of the hooks and then detonate it. Alternatively you can wait until you get to the section where you have to take out Harley Quinn in a predator type scenario. There is a hook just over a balcony where Harley will eventually get to. You can also place a snap flash there. It doesn’t have to take any enemy out. Snap flash the Titan in the final battle with Robin and you’ve got your bronze.

Bomb Squad: Defuse all bombs in three minutes or less (Bronze) (as Batman)

It’s an easy trophy but the execution might be tough. One you play as Batman again you will have to disarm three bombs that are scattered around the level. I found this to be the most challenging of them all mainly because it doesn’t give you exact coordinates of the bombs. Just like in the single player campaign when it came to following signals, you would have to follow the signal and run around the stage. There will be a HUD on the right of the screen to tell you how far or close you are to the bomb in the general vicinity.

A Few New Tricks: Use 5 different Quickfire gadgets in one fight as Robin in Harley Quinn’s Revenge (Bronze) (as Robin)

Also a very easy trophy. Just use the five different quick fire gadgets in one fight and you’re golden….err, Bronze. No where near as difficult as it was for the similar Batman trophy.

This was the most tedious, just like it was when you had to destroy the Tyger security cameras in the single player campaign. Harley’s balloons are scattered outside the steel mill as well as inside. So keep your eyes open. There are 30 balloons in total to destroy.

The DLC as a whole is a little underwhelming and didn’t have the greatest ending but it was still fun to play none the less.

That’s it. After everything i finally have my 100% completion. Thanks for sticking with me through this five part series. I hope you had as much fun reading it as i did writing it. In case you missed it you can catch up on the full adventure by checking out the other parts to this series.

Well fellow Assassins, we are here. We are together again after a brief period of peace. Our adventures have not being for the faint of heart. We’ve slit throats, punctured lungs, cracked skulls, severed arteries and have more than our fair share of fresh blood on our hands. Yet I find that more and more people are joining our cause. Shedding their fear, and standing up for truth. We’ve travelled to such beautiful places, met so many people that have affected our lives greatly. But sadly, that beauty is an illusion over shadowed by a bright crimson blood. As you all know, The Templars are on the verge of succeeding in their plan for world domination. Their satellite launches on 21 December 2012 but that’s the least of our worries. A terrible event is unfolding as we all harness our skills for the coming battle but if we’re not careful, there may not be a world left to save. According to Desmond a global disaster of epic proportions is already in motion. He’s the only who can save us now.

We’ve stood with Desmond every step of the way. We’ve watched him grow from just a barman to being one of the finest warriors we have ever had the fortune of knowing. We’ve witnessed some of history’s finest assassins thanks to Desmond and the animus. If not for him I doubt we would have been able to come so far. We just have a little bit further to go. Sadly we’ve also had our fair share of pain. Some of us here still feel the wound over Lucy’s death. We’ve spent nights trying to figure out how she could have done that to Desmond. I can only imagine how Desmond feels. But we cannot dwell on these emotions. I urge each and every one of you to focus on your mission. Desmond will need all the help that we can give him.

And so tomorrow I will be accompanying Desmond again as he relives yet another life from a Mohawk tribe member named Connor in the year 1773. We shall be exploring the frontier, early America and life under British rule. Yes, we will be witnessing events that lead to the American Revolution. We hope to uncover more information as time is running short. We will uphold the tenants of our creed even in this age of history. This is a daring part of our strategy if we are to succeed in our mission against Abstergo. I dare not wonder what will happen if we fail, there is so much at stake.

Time is short, I must go assassins. We must stand together, unite behind Desmond and may each ounce of blood we draw come from the blood of The Templars. May you all have a safe journey and come back in one piece. Honour our creed and remember that nothing is true and everything is permitted.

Attached is footage from the animus showing what we can expect from this era.